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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Is Intel exceptionally unsuccessful as an architecture designer?
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2024 06:46:54 -0000 (UTC)
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On Tue, 17 Sep 2024 21:57:24 -0700, Stephen Fuld wrote:

> On 9/17/2024 4:30 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
>
>> On Fri, 13 Sep 2024 20:51 +0100 (BST), John Dallman wrote:
>> 
>>> Not many computer companies survive three failed architectures: has
>>> that record been beaten?
>> 
>> I think it’s fair to say that both Intel and Microsoft were companies
>> more renowned for marketing prowess than actual technical brilliance.
> 
> For some years, Intel was known for it prowess in FAB technology.  After
> all, they managed to make a "difficult" architecture out perform CPUs
> from better architectures.

Sure. By spending 10× on it what RISC-based competitors were able to.

> Some time ago, they seem to have lost that FAB leadership particularly
> to TSMC.

And the reason? Those costs kept going up and up, while the profits from 
sales of x86 chips failed to keep pace.